Acta Neuropharmacologica››2014,Vol. 4››Issue (5): 36-43.

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Translesion DNA Synthesis and Its Potential Role in Cancer Therapy

Huang Min, Tang Tie-shan, Guo Cai-xia

  1. 1. CAS, Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
    2. State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
  • Online:2014-10-26Published:2015-01-20
  • Contact:郭彩霞,女,研究员,博士生导师,研究方向:基因组不稳定性与疾病相关性研究,Tel: 010-84097646, E-mail: guocx@big.ac.cn
  • About author:黄敏,女,博士研究生,研究方向:跨损伤DNA合成通路与肿瘤耐药性,Tel/Fax:01084097856, E-mail: huangmin@big.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金项目(No.31471331, 31170730, 81300982, 31300880)

Abstract:Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of DNA damage tolerance in response to DNA damage, which utilizes specialized DNA polymerases to replicate damaged DNA templates. As TLS can tolerate DNA damages, decrease the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy drugs or ionizing radiation, it is a potential mechanism for cancers to develop drug resistance or radiation resistance. Therefore, it is plausible to target TLS pathway to enhance the therapeutic effect on patients with different tumors, including glioblastoma.

Key words:Translesion DNA synthesis,TLS polymerases,Drug resistance,Synthetic lethality,Glioblastoma

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